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Part 5 — When Boats Meet

Section A — Right Of Way

A boat has right of way over another boat when the other boat is required to keep clear of her. However, some rules in Sections B, C and D limit the actions of a right-of-way boat.

60.3

Delivering a Protest

(a) When delivered, a protest shall be in writing and identify the protestor, the protestee, and the incident. (b) A protest shall be delivered to the race office (or by such other method as stated in the sailing instructions) within the protest time limit unless the protest committee decides there is good reason to extend the time. The protest time limit is (1) for protests about an incident observed in the racing area, two hours after the last boat in the race finishes, or (2) for other protests, two hours after the relevant information is available to the protestor. However, if the sailing instructions state a different protest time limit, then that time limit applies instead.

Definitions in Context

Committee

The protest committee, the race committee or the technical committee.

Finish

A boat finishes when, after her starting signal, any part of her hull crosses the finishing line from the course side. However, she has not finished if after crossing the finishing line she

  • (a) takes a penalty under rule 44.2,
  • (b) corrects an error in sailing the course made at the line, or
  • (c) continues to sail the course.

After finishing she need not cross the finishing line completely. The sailing instructions may change the direction in which boats are required to cross the finishing line to finish.

Protest

An allegation made under rule 60 by a boat or a committee that a boat has broken a rule.

Racing

A boat is racing from her preparatory signal until she finishes and clears the finishing line and marks or retires, or until the race committee signals a general recall, postponement or abandonment.

Related Cases

Case 22

A written protest does not need to identify a rule that the protestor believes was broken. If it does identify such a rule, it is not relevant to the validity of the protest that the protest committee decides that a different rule had been broken.

Rule 60.2

(a) If a protest concerns an incident observed by the protestor in the racing area: (1) If the protestor is a boat, she shall hail ‘Protest’ and, if her hull le...

Rule 60.4

(a) A protest is invalid (1) if it does not comply with the definition Protest or rule 60.2 or 60.3, (2) if it is from a boat that alleges a breach of a rule of...

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